Have You Seen: The Fog (1980)

In our series "Have You Seen?" we discuss a movie that some of us know well and others have just now seen for the first time. Our conversation focuses on the experience of someone watching the movie for the first time today and their reaction.This week we revisit the classsic ghost horror movie "The Fog" from 1980 directed by John Carpenter, starring Adirenne Barbeau, Jamie Lee Curtis and Janet Leigh, about a town that is attacked by a supernatural fog that exposes the town's dark history.We talk about how The Fog is an underrated Carpenter movie that manages to create dense atmosphere and a gripping story despite its low budget and limited special effects, how constraints in filmmaking lead to better movies, and much more.